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This is an advanced technical session, for those who would like to have *large* and *complex* projects in SL or OpenSim, but are concerned about the inherent limits of the programming platform and language (LSL). It is not an introduction to coding. It will include an introduction to terminology.

Participants will be able to design projects which extend beyond the scripting memory model of SL.

Participants will be able to design projects which extend beyond SL, to include web server computing

I will share findings of my research with a small group of K-12 teachers who participated in an online professional development initiative. Issues regarding the quality and effectiveness of professional development for K 12 teachers were addressed by the strengths of an online environment: choice, community building, and extended learning over time. Our efforts at UNM to support Online Instructors with PD, informed by this research, and how this can inform the use Virtual World approaches.

To introduce a researched based model for effectively using online tools to support PD.

To connect these findings to challenges they have in supporting PD in their field while building COP